Tuesday, September 16, 2003
PLEASE TELL ME THERE ISN'T ANY DOUBT LEFT
Come on, is there any way to try to paint a rosy picture now? Good gracious. Even better, I don't even know the final score of the damn Mariner game because I don't even care. Okay, I'll check it right now. Texas 10-5. I'll use the Buccigross quote just one more time (hockey season is around the corner) and say "THE MARINERS ARE CLUTCH AND CLUTCH IS EVERYTHING IN LIFE!!"
And as Dick Fain was saying earlier, this team may win about 392 games in the past four years and what do they have to show for it? One division title. One Wild Card berth. Two ALCS berths in which the Yanks handed the Mariners' asses to them. Zero World Series in Seattle. Dick even asked ESPN's Tim Kurkjian whether he could think of another team that has had this type of a run and not gotten crap in terms of playoffs. He pointed out the Braves, but the Braves have had about a 12-year run, they NEVER MISSED THE PLAYOFFS, and THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 1995, as much as I hate to admit they did. The point is, a team with this type of regular season run and having this type of postseason (or lack thereof) futility is UNPRECEDENTED. Ick.
And as Dick Fain was saying earlier, this team may win about 392 games in the past four years and what do they have to show for it? One division title. One Wild Card berth. Two ALCS berths in which the Yanks handed the Mariners' asses to them. Zero World Series in Seattle. Dick even asked ESPN's Tim Kurkjian whether he could think of another team that has had this type of a run and not gotten crap in terms of playoffs. He pointed out the Braves, but the Braves have had about a 12-year run, they NEVER MISSED THE PLAYOFFS, and THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 1995, as much as I hate to admit they did. The point is, a team with this type of regular season run and having this type of postseason (or lack thereof) futility is UNPRECEDENTED. Ick.
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